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• Hawaii first state to ban plastic bags at checkout

  Wed May 16, 2012
  • While I take reusable bags to the grocery store and elsewhere, I find plastic bags useful when I walk my dog...

• US veterans to return war medals in protest

  Wed May 16, 2012
  • Everyone has to deal with their own consciences and come to terms with their own behaviors in ways meaningful to them.

• High-profile TSA pat-downs: First Geraldo, then Kissinger

  Tue May 15, 2012
  • alicia -- you are correct

• High-profile TSA pat-downs: First Geraldo, then Kissinger

  Tue May 15, 2012
  • I guess you showed them!

• Obama's gay marriage move risky, inevitable

  Thu May 10, 2012
  • Irrelevant

• Obama's gay marriage move risky, inevitable

  Thu May 10, 2012
  • What about people who marry others for their money or prestige or social standing? What about women who get pregnant in order to force the father to marry them? What about two stupid people who have no prospects for solid, stable job security? What about people who get drunk and end up married at …

• Obama's gay marriage move risky, inevitable

  Thu May 10, 2012
  • He's thinking he should stand up for equality and justice,

• Obama's gay marriage move risky, inevitable

  Thu May 10, 2012
  • As a straight, married, Christian, middle-aged white male, I say. "It's about time politicians speak up with courage and conviction rather than playing the polls."

• Gay mom upset after dismissal by Boy Scouts

  Thu Apr 26, 2012
  • So, it's OK to expose kids to a para-military organization that insists on conformity? I tried to "protect" my sons from that type of influence when they were growing up.

• Gay mom upset after dismissal by Boy Scouts

  Thu Apr 26, 2012
  • I look forward to the published results of your extensive research on the subject, because your conclusion stands greatly at odds with my personal experience.